Tag Archive: chocolate desserts

German Chocolate Ice Cream

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Especially during summer. Heck, I can even devour some during nippier seasons. I love ice cream. I love it. What better way to beat the summer heat than indulge oneself in this cold treat?

Once you have the know-how to whip up this recipe, you will no doubt be craving to make some yourself and share it with others. But you won't want to wait for a get-together to enjoy it. The cool combination of chocolate, coconut and pecans is ridiculously good any day of the week!
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Cream Cheese Brownies

There are many kinds of brownies on the face of this planet, but make no mistake about it, one of my favorites is these Cream Cheese Brownies!

They’re a perfect mix of dense, fudge-like brownies with the goodness of cream cheese. A single bite and your palate is off to experience the tanginess of the cream cheese. It deliciously tempers the deep richness of the chocolate brownie. I could not imagine a better way to enjoy both a brownie and cheesecake at the same time.
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

I don’t know where you are located, or what the weather has been in your area. In the upper Midwest, it's felt like Fall for the past few days. Spring finally came, then a couple days of Summer-like weather, and then Fall!

But I look forward to Fall. I will always love the bulky comfy sweaters, jeans and boots, changing leaves, apple picking and pumpkins! I know I have to enjoy warm Summer days first, but these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins will get you in the Fall spirit in no time. They are perfect for breakfast with a nice cup of Joe or to make your kid's lunch box more interesting. Put these muffins in for a healthy, homemade snack.
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Strawberry Chocolate and Cheese Parfait

If you thought eating smarter meant you had to kiss sweets goodbye, you thought wrong. Say hello to your new favorite treat. Layers of chocolate, cheese, ricotta cheese, and fresh berry deliciousness.

Fun fact: parfait (pronounced [paʁfɛ] from French meaning "perfect") is a kind of frozen dessert, that dates back to 1894.
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Soft Chocolate Caramels

What do homemade caramels remind you of? Me, it specifically reminds me of times when my siblings and I gathered around and just ate whatever we wanted. But today, I can eat some any day of the week.

I always go for my mother’s caramel recipe for the most part though. This time, I want my caramels more chocolatey. Little did I know it would be as easy as adding chocolate to the initial caramel mixture. I went with a different recipe and the end result shocked me.
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Banana Mocha Ice Cream

Double Dutch used to be my favorite ice cream growing up. Rocky Road followed suit. I wasn't crazy about straight vanilla until I was in my teenage years. Now, I'd prefer it over Double Dutch any day of the week. Rocky Road, and any chocolate-heavy ice cream, for that matter, will always be at the top of the list.

Mocha is a different story. Mocha, to me, is coffee with some cocoa in it. Coffee and chocolate will always go together like salt and pepper or peanut butter and jelly. These two flavors combined are phenomenal to me.

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Chocolate Butterscotch Swirl Brownies

When it comes to chocolate dessert, I don't have a favorite. If they were Pokemon, I'd catch 'em all! Right?! Right?! No? Okay. 🙁 moving along...

I may not be able to pick my favorite, but I would say brownies are among the best chocolatey confections. My go-to pick almost always includes butterscotch brownies.  I can positively murder a batch if I'm left unattended with them. Yup, these brownies are mah jam.

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Chocolate Mint Layer Cake

When you're feeling down, just think this: It's already summer next month! Many of us wait all year for summer. The tan lines and beach hair are just too chic to let them pass you by. However, I don't always belong to that club. I mean, yeah, I love it, but I'm 50% member of the Holidays-lover club.

To me, you don't just bounce back after the Holidays, I live in it for months on end. By some means, the scent of an evergreen tea and the sight of the twinkling lights signal to my brain that 'tis the season to be joyous! And they stay with me for months, I tell ya.  Until, like, June, tops.
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Pecan Turtle Brownies

Here is something you will learn eventually. Either a person like nuts in his or her brownies, or they don’t.

There are people that I personally know who had sworn off nuts, and it’s not because of allergies and whatnot. They simply aren’t fans of the taste. Or texture? But whatevs. Me, I will forever love nuts in my brownies (and cookies, and frosting, among many others)!

There is one thing that’s hard to resist, though. And it’s turtle brownies! Even the finickiest eater cannot say no when you play the turtle card. I’ve always been a loud and proud pecan-lover, and it goes without saying it’s one of the things that make me gush about this recipe. However, you can choose to top these brownies with a thick layer of caramel, chocolate chips and pecans.

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German Chocolate Cake Frosting

German chocolate cake, initially dubbed as German's chocolate cake, refers to a layered, chocolate cake filled and topped with a coconut-pecan frosting.

Contrary to popular belief, German chocolate cake does not trace its roots back to Germany, as it originated in the United States. It was 1852 when an American named Sam German developed a type of dark baking chocolate for the American Baker's Chocolate Company.

Just so you know, making German Chocolate cake frosting from scratch makes an astounding difference! If the canned stuff is all you’ve ever tried, then have a blast with this one. It’s actually a breeze to make, too. I could make the icing all the time and just eat that!

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